1874
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Shepherd Struggling with a Goat (Berger luttant avec sa chevre) is a 1874 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a shepherd wrestling with a goat in a tangled thicket. The trees are drawn with loose, scratchy lines, while the goat’s legs and the shepherd’s arms twist in messy knots. Light and dark marks fill the background, making the scene feel rough and alive. The artist used a rare method called *cliché-verre*—a mix of drawing and photography—to create this. The lines are uneven, almost like a quick sketch, but the whole thing holds together. Next, check out Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille to see how he played with light and movement in other works.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK: KORR-oh, US: kə-ROH, kor-OH; French: ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.
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